Blake Ellis (born 6 January 1999) is an Australian

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player. Ellis won the 2016 Australian Open boys' doubles alongside

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Career

2014 – 2017: Senior Beginnings

Ellis made his senior debut in October 2014 at the Australia F7, where he lost in round 1. Between 2015 and 2017, Ellis competed in the

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around Australia, Asia, and Europe, with his best result in that time period being a semi-final appearance in the August 2017 Thailand F6 Futures tournament in

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. In October 2017, Ellis won his first

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match against Austrian Lucas Mielder in the Canberra International.

2018

At the

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, Ellis had his best Challenger-level performance to date, winning his qualifying matches and then defeating two previous tournament champions in 5th seed

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and 3rd seed

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en route to a semi-final loss against fellow Australian and eventual champion

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2021

In October 2021, Ellis won his fifth ITF doubles title and third for the season.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 0

Doubles: 17 (8 titles, 9 runners-up)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

References

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* * * 1999 births Living people Australian male tennis players Tennis players from Brisbane Australian Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles 20th-century Australian people 21st-century Australian people {{Australia-tennis-bio-stub